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[squidyj]

Jae Onasi wrote...

Start by writing stories about things you like. It doesn't matter if it's fanfiction, episodes of your favorite TV series, whatever. I jot down story ideas and keep them on my computer. I also jot down dialogue snippets that I want to use and save those, too. A lot of the writing sites like WritersDigest.com and other places have story starters that can give you ideas.

Actually, writing episodes of tv shows (aka spec scripts) is a really good thing for people looking to get into writing for shows. It's something an amateur can use to shop his skills around. You'd send the script to a potential agent or producer or whatever to demonstrate that you got da skillz.

Writing for games can be another can of worms though, as far as subject matter and depending on the gameplay. So often the modern game script takes place in-between play sessions, almost as filler. I think that's what really separates games from other entertainment media. Whereas in a film or a book the story is the object, in a game it stands opposite the gameplay which usually eats it alive. Not to mention that most game narratives aren't overly ambitious with their themes.

Personally I have a concept for a science fiction game that uses ideas from Plato's Republic (dealing most heavily with the idea of the noble lie) as well as futurist and transhumanist philosophy (tangentially on the subject of the technological singularity but more exploring the idea of transcendance through technology and its integration into the very human being).

Back to the topic at hand however I would recommend writing as much as you possibly can. Try writing every day so as to get into the habit of it and also to help develop and refine your own voice.

[Stanley Woo]

After you finish reading the Sloperama articles that Amberyl linked (and she's right, I do link them all the time), I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have.

[LukeDodds94]

how are you developing the game system?

[LukeDodds94]

And thank you to

Squidly and Stanely

both of you message me so we can have a chat

[Jae Onasi]

Kalderis wrote...

I'm developing a roleplay game system and book as well as writing a novel based on the same thing, just go for it pal, reality can be what you want it to be with enough self belief and a love of what you are doing.

I agree.

I'd also add that even if a work never gets published doesn't mean that it can't be enjoyable for you!  I wrote an episode for Battle of the Planets when I was 15 or so.  From a technical/professional standpoint, it's a piece of crap, but it's still a little story that I love.  My Adventures of Jolee Bindo story was a blast to write, and I learned a LOT writing it, particularly since I never intended it to be novel-length in the first place.  Publishable? No.  Fun to read and write for me personally? Yes.  An excellent learning experience?  Definitely yes.  That's why I recommend writing things that you find enjoyable.  Work on pacing, description, character development, tension, all those important things for any good story.  A good role-playing game has to have a good story as its basis. 

Modifié par Jae Onasi, 11 janvier 2010 - 09:00 .

[LukeDodds94]

thank you

currently started working on my first little story anyway,

i will defintley do a few and publish them on here

and also soon start workin on the toolset